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No.'620,949. Patented Mar. l4, I899.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES MORGAN, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ARCADEMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CORK-PULLER.

s'rnoirrcA'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,949, dated March14, 1899.

Application filed April 4, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES MORGAN, a

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Freeport, in thecounty of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cork-Pullers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in cork-p ullers of that class inwhich a corkscrewcarrier and its supported corkscrew are reciprocatedlongitudinally in a suitable case by means of an oscillating lever andthe rotation of the corkscrew is effected by means of a nut throughwhich the-corkscrew passes, the nut being stationary during a part ofeach complete movement of the lever, but being moved longitudinally withthe corkscrew durin g the remainder of each such complete movement,whereby the corkscrew is rotated during its entrance to and removal froma cork,

' but is held against rotation during the drawing of the cork from abottle.

The special purpose of my present invention is to provide means forpositively connecting the corkscrew-carrier and the nut and maintainingsuch connection during a predetermined portion of each complete movementof the lever, thereby insuring the positive movement of the nut inunison with the corkscrewcarrier during those parts of the operation ofthe cork-puller in which it is desirable to prevent the rotation of thecorkscrew.

The invention is fully described and explained in this specification andshown in' the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a complete cork-puller embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 isa transverse horizontal section through the line 2 2, Figs. 1 and 3, theview being downward. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the working parts ofthe machine, the front plate of the case being removed, the corkscrewbeing in the raised position which it occupies at the beginning of eachcomplete movement of the lever for the operation of the machine, and thenut being in its lowest position and locked to the case of the machine.Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, the corkscrew being, however, in itslowest position and ready to begin its upward movement for the drawingof a cork and the nut being re- Serial No. 676,347. (No model.)

leased from the case and positively connected with thecorkscrew-carrier. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the working parts ofthe machine, the view being in the direction opposite to that in Fig. 3,but the parts being in the same positions shown in Fig. 3, the wall ofthe case being broken away to show the parts. Fig. 6 is an edgeelevation of the working parts of a cork-puller, the view being in thedirection indicated by the arrow 6 in Fig. 5, and the wall of the casebeing broken away to show construction. Fig. 7 is an edge view ofcertain of the working parts of the machine, the view being in thedirection opposite to that shown in Fig. 5 and the wall of the casebeing cut away in the plane of the line 7 7, Fig. 5.

In the views, AA are the walls of a case of suitable form for inclosingand supporting the working parts of the cork-puller, the rear wall A ofthe case being provided with a clamp B Band screw S of ordinaryconstruction, whereby the entire machine may be fastened to the edge ofa table or shelf. The wall or part A of the case is likewise provided atits lower end with a projecting ear or, to which are pivoted the twoparts C C of a clamp adapted to securely hold the neck of a bottle belowand in line with the lower end of the case during the drawing of a cork,this clamp being, however, no part of my present invention. In the upperportion of the case is a short shaft D, passing through and journaled inboth walls of the case and bent at right angles outside the case to forma crank D, which is provided with a handle D for its operation, thecrank D and handle D being approximately parallel to thewalls A A of thecase and being adapted to be swung about the axis of the shaft D. On theshaft D is formed or rigidly mounted within the case a short crank E,preferably made up of two parts separated by a suitable space, withinwhich lies the upper end of alink F, connected with the free end of thecrank by a pivot f. The lower end of the link F is'pivoted in the upperportion of a vertically-sliding corkscrew-carrier G, supporting a wormor cork screw G, the corkscrew-carrier being provided with verticalflanges g g, sl1d1ng 1n cor- IOO responding lateral recesses g g in thewalls of the case,whereby twisting of the corkscrewcarrier is prevented.The crank D may be swungthrough an angle of about one hundred and eightydegrees in the direction indicated by the arrow on the crank in Fig. 3from the position in which it is shown insaid figure, and the internalcrank E will evidently swing in the same direction and through the sameangle. This movement of the cranks D E effects the insert-ion of thecorkscrew and the drawing of the-cork, as will be hereinafter explained,and the reverse movement of the crank discharges the cork from thecorkscrew and brings the parts of the machine into position for a secondoperation. The angle of oscillation of the shaft D and its cranks islimited by two stops b 79', formed on the wall A of the case, the crankE being shown in contact with the stop b and the function of the stop I)being evident from the drawings.

In the lower end of the case is a longitudinally-sliding nut I-I,provided with lateral flanges h h, adapted to slide in the channels orrecesses of the case and thereby prevent twisting of the nut, and thecorkscrew G, which is pivoted in the corkscrew-carrier G, passes throughand conforms to the nut, so that any longitudinal movement of the nutand screw with relation to each other must cause the rotation of thecorkscrew. To the nut H is pivoted a block I, of which the upper end isadapted to lie immediately under a shoulder 7; on the edge wall of thecase and thereby lock the nut in its lowest position, the nut when thuslocked being secured against vertical movement, so that any verticalmovement of the corkscrew must rotate the latter. In the rear face ofthe block I, however, is formed a vertical groove 1, and in this grooveworks freely up and down a longitudinal flange 70, formed on the frontface of the lower portion of an oscillating lever K, pivoted in thecase, as clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4E, and 5. The lever K extends upwarda considerable distance from its pivot and is provided at its upper endwith two arms K K lying on opposite sides of the shaft D, the shaftbeing provided with a cam D adapted to impinge upon the arms K Kalternately in the rotation of the shaft, and thereby oscillate theleverK upon its pivot. The parts thus described are so proportioned andarranged that during the first half of the movement of the crank D fromthe position shown in Fig. 3 the lever K is held in the position shownin that figure,'the block I being under the shoulder 'iand the nut beingthus locked against vertical movement. Under these conditions thecorkscrew is forced downward through the nut and is thereby rotateduntil it reaches its lowest position, when it will have completelyentered the cork of a bottle held by the clamp O 0 below the case of themachine. The corkscrew-carrier is now at its lowest limit of movementand rests upon the upper surface of the nut, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.In the second half of the move-- ment of the crank D in the directionindicated by the arrow in Fig. 3 the corkscrew moves upward for thepurpose of drawing the cork from the bottle, and during this movement itis essential that the corkscrew be secured against rotation in orderthat it may draw the cork instead of being withdrawn from it. At thebeginning of this upward movement the cam D on the shaft pressingagainst the arm K of the lever K throws the lower end of the lever awayfrom the nearer wall of the case, and in this movement of the lever theflange thereon throws the block I toward the corkscrew-carrier andbrings a lug t" on the block into engagement with a corresponding notchin the corkscrew-carrier, thereby positively locking together thecorkscrew-carrier and nut for the time being, so that during the upwardmovement of the corkscrew carrier and corkscrew the nut moves with themand thus prevents rotation of the corkscrew and insures the drawing ofthe cork. After the cork is drawn the reverse movement of the crankreverses the operation above described by first pressing downward thecorkscrew-carrier, corkscrew, and nut, together with the cork, which isstill on the corkscrew. At the end of this downward movement the block Iengages the shoulder 11 on the case, and the further movement of thelever draws the corkscrew upward through the stationary nut, whereby thecorkscrew is rotated reversely and withdrawn from the cork. Thiscompletes the operation of the machine and brings the parts intoreadiness for a second operation.

It is evident that the locking of the nut to the case during part of theoperation of the cork-puller and the locking of the nut tothecorkscrew-carrier during the remainder of the operation are independentof each other and that either might be used and would be valuablewithout the other. Both are equally desirable, however, and it ispreferable to embody both features of operation in the same machine forinsuring alternate rotary and non-rotary movement of the corkscrewduring the proper portions of each complete movement of the parts of themachine.

Having now described and explained my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a cork-puller, thecombination with a suitable case, a corkscrew-carrier and corkscrewmoving in the case and means for imparting reciprocating motion to saidcorkscrew-carrier and corkscrew, of a nut engaging said corkscrew andadapted to slide in the ease and means for alternately locking said nutto and releasing it from the corkscrew-carrier, whereby during certainparts of each movement of the parts of the machine, the nut may be movedpositively in unison with the corkscrew-carrier, and during theremainder of such movement may be free to remain stationary, therebyalternately pre- IIO venting and securing the rotation of the corkscrew.

2. In a cork-puller, the combination with a suitable case, acorkscrew-carrier and c0rk= screw sliding longitudinally in the case andmeans for imparting reciprocal longitudinal movement to thecorkscrew-carrier and corkscrew, of a nut engaging the corkscrew andmeans for locking the nut alternately to the case, and to thecorkscrew-carrier, whereby during certain portions of each movement ofthe parts of the device the nut is moved positively in unison with thecorkscrew-carrier, whereas in other parts of said movement, it is lockedto the case and secured against longitudinal movement.

3. The combination with the case and shaft, D, the corkscrew-carrierconnected with the shaft and adapted to be moved longitudinally by therotation thereof, the corkscrew sup ported by the corkscrew-carrier, thenut engaging the corkscrew, a block pivoted to the nut, means forengaging said block with the case and means for engaging said block withthe carrier, of an oscillating lever actuated by the rotation of theshaft and engaging the block whereby the oscillation of the lever mayalternately lock said block to the case and to the corkscrew-carrier;substantially as described.

4. The combination with the case, the shaft, D, the corkscrew-carrierconnected with the shaft and actuated thereby,the corkscrew pi voted inthe carrier, the nut engaging the corkscrew, the block, I, pivoted tothe nut and formed with means for engaging said carrier and case, anddevices on the case and carrier, respectively, for engaging said block,of the pivoted lever, K, engaging the block, I, and formed with armsembracing the shaft and the cam, D mounted on the shaft and adapted tooscillate the lever, K, in the rotation of the shaft, thereby bringingthe block, I, al-

ternately into locking engagement with the case and with thecorkscrew-carrier substantially as described.

5. The combination with the case and shaft of a cork-puller of the classdescribed, of a corkscrew-carrier connected with the shaft andreciprocated thereby, a corkscrew supported and moved longitudinally bythe car rier, a nut engaging the corkscrew and adapted to rotate thesame when moved relatively thereto, a block pivoted to the nut and anoscillating lever actuated by the rotation of the shaft, the block, caseand carrier having suitable devices for alternately engaging the blockwith the case and carrier and the 0s cillating lever being provided withmeans for engaging the block to effect such alternate engagement;substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Freeport, in thecounty of Stephenson and State of Illinois, this 28th day of March, A.D. 1898.

CHARLES MORGAN.

Witnesses HENRY TSCHERNIN'E, BERT HERBIG.

